Product Description

A collection of classic texts and new black feminist scholarship that traces the crucial developments and debates of the last twenty years. It is the first volume entirely dedicated to the writings of black women in a British context.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #344400 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover
Black British Feminism: A Reader is a unique collection of classic texts and new black feminist scholarship. Exploring postmodern themes of gendered and racialized exclusion, 'black' identity and social and cultural difference this volume provides an overview of black feminism in Britain as it has developed during the last two decades.
Among the topics covered are:
* white feminism
* political activism
* 'mixed-race' identity
* class differences
* cultural hybridity
* autobiography
* black beauty
* religious fundamentalism
* national belonging
* lesbian identity
* postcolonial space
* popular culture
This timely and important book is essential reading for students and scholars of cultural studies, women's studies, sociology, literature and postcolonial studies.

About the Author
Heidi Safia Mirza is Reader in Sociology at South Bank University, London. She is author of Young, Female and Black (Routledge 1992).

The reader includes classic texts from well-known and respected feminist writers, including:
Amrit Wilson, Amina Mama, Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie, Suzanne Scafe, Hazel V Carby, Valarie Amos, Pratibha Parmar, Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Margaret Coulson, Anne Phoenix and Razia Aziz
Plus, newly commissioned pieces from:
Sara Ahmed, Lancaster University, Magdalene Ang-Lygate, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Gargi Bhattacharyya, University of Birmingham, Helen (charles), Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe, University of East London, Heidi Safia Mirza, South Bank University, London, Felly Nkweto Simmonds, University of Northumbria, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Pragna Patel, Nalini Persram, Naz Rassool, University of Reading, Tracey Reynolds, Consuelo Rivera Fuentes, Lancaster University, Debbie Weekes, Nottingham Trent University.